Defend a particular point of view on an environmental, health, and/or energy issue related to chemistry.

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CHEM 121 6380 Chemistry in the Modern World (2202)

Position Paper This addresses course outcome 2.

In this paper, you will defend a particular point of view on an environmental, health, and/or energy issue related to chemistry and the concepts we have discussed in CHEM 121. You will support your point of view with relatively current (using sources published with past 10 years) scientific primary and secondary sources supporting your point of view. See the APA Tutorial to learn more about primary and secondary sources (APA Tutorial).

In addition to meeting the college writing essentials listed above, your position paper should meet the following grading criteria:

Grading Rubric for Position Paper

9-10 8 7 6 5 0-4

CONTENT

1. All topics relate to concepts discussed in CHEM 121 and are discussed in clear detail

2. The author supports arguments and assertions correctly (by citing scientific research findings)

3. Ideas relate to concepts discussed in CHEM 121 and are themselves interrelated coherently and logically

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Feb 16, 2020 11:59 PM

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4. The author creatively enhances the topic

ORGANIZATION

5. An introduction previews the main points related to the theme in chemistry

6. The body of the paper develops and elaborates on the main ideas related to chemistry

7. A conclusion summarizes the main points

WRITING MECHANICS and STYLE

8. The paper is 500–750 words, double-spaced

9. The paper is grammatically sound (with proper sentence structure) and free of mechanical errors (misspellings, typos, etc.)

10. Citations and references are in proper style (APA)

Each assignment has a maximum of 100 points. The points have a 1:1 conversion to % since it is on the 100 points scale. Comments will be provided for why points were deducted from each category.

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